As several other bloggers have already noted, Eisenbrauns has launched a new academic journal, the Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters. More information is available on the publisher’s web site, and a sample issue is available for download. Read more

Seven years ago today, a blog called Exploring Our Matrix started in an obscure corner of my personal web space on the Butler web site. Read more

As Bob Cargill has announced, plans have been made for the 2010 bibliobloggers dinner to be held in conjunction with the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Bob writes: The 2010 biblioblogger gathering in Atlanta this year will be held at Gibney’s irish pub (map) on Sunday night, November 21, 2010, at 6:45 pm. It’s less than a block away from the main SBL hotel, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta… A dinner menu is available here. If you’re planning on attending, and joining... Read more

Larry Hurtado has written a review of my book The Only True God, an extended version of which he has shared on his web site. Larry Hurtado A couple of other bloggers managed to mention this before I had the chance to, which really attests to the effectiveness of blogs as means for spreading news and information. One of them is Nick Norelli, who has apparently been prompted by this to take the time to review the book himself, which is great... Read more

So far I’ve heard nothing about a bibliobloggers’ dinner at this year’s Society of Biblical Literature conference on any of the Biblical studies blogs. Is this something we’ve decided to give up on? All it takes to make it happen is for us to agree on a day, time, and venue. It shouldn’t be too hard. Is anyone else interested? In the past it has worked best when we’ve gone somewhere inexpensive and informal (reflecting the fact that many bibliobloggers... Read more

I received an e-mail a few days ago saying that there is still room at a workshop the Wabash Center will be holding immediately prior to SBL in Atlanta. More information is available on the Wabash Center website. Wabash Center Pre-Conference Workshop At the 2010 SBL Annual Meeting Teaching The Bible in the Liberal Arts CurriculumAtlanta, Georgia P19-208 Friday, November 191:30 pm to 6:00 pmLocation: Marriott Marquis-M303 This interactive workshop is designed to give participants an opportunity to work together and with... Read more

I was intrigued to notice today that the number of views of my blog post on the ending of LOST had passed the 10,000 mark. It seems that there not only has been but continues to be significant interest in that topic. People are still reflecting on the finale, and looking for explanations. Perhaps this suggests that not answering every question was a successful approach. If they had tied up all loose ends, would people still be talking and blogging... Read more

HT to the Talmud Blog for drawing attention to the fact that the Leiden manuscript of Talmud Yerushalmi (i.e. the Jerusalem Talmud) is online. Read more

If you’re in the United States then you almost certainly need to remember to turn your clocks back tonight. If you live elsewhere and didn’t do it a week ago, you may perhaps benefit from this reminder too… Read more

A particular word/name/concept seems to appear in lots of otherwise diverse and even unrelated blog posts from today… Paul and Scripture shares papers from the upcoming 2010 SBL Annual Meeting, including one by Ben Witherington entitled ‘IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBUM’: Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture Oral Roberts’ grandson, Randy Roberts Potts, wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post. Two Friars and a Fool continues examining common claims and arguments against homosexuality and homosexuals, this time tackling the “sin of... Read more